Category Archives: Weekly Reports

The spring-like weather continued, remaining dry, with southerly winds again bringing warm air up from well beyond south-west Europe and local temperatures hitting a balmy 15°C on 21st and 22nd. Notable birds during the period were a likely Glossy Ibis … Continue reading →

Frozen conditions continued for the first two days of the period, with continuing cold northerlies and temperatures bottoming out at -5ºC early on 3rd. After this it was all change, the winds swung round to the westerly quarter and daytime … Continue reading →

Apart from rain on 29th and some short-lived, light to moderate snow on 1st, this week’s weather remained dry and mainly bright, with temperatures of -6ºC overnight on 30th/31st delivering the coldest night of the season, so far. Many bodies … Continue reading →

Winter consolidated its hold on the county this week with a further light fall of snow on 22nd. Subsequent overnight temperatures of below zero and a daytime maximum of just 3º on 23rd ensured it was going nowhere fast, until … Continue reading →

Following the swing to northerly winds at the end of last week, the weather for a time reverted to being relatively mild, on the back of a more westerly airstream from the North Atlantic. However, northerlies were back by 17th … Continue reading →

Sandwiched between a North Atlantic high and a low over north-east Europe, the country was the recipient of northerly winds from just inside the Arctic Circle for much of the week. Despite this, temperatures did not drop below the expected … Continue reading →